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Marijuana in jars on a shop shelf.
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Montana News
The governor's handling of a marijuana tax bill triggers lawsuits
Two groups filed lawsuits Wednesday against the governor and the secretary of state arguing that they are violating the Constitution by not allowing lawmakers to vote on whether to override the governor’s veto of a popular bill.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul and Pacific 'Hiawatha' train from July 1938.
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Montana News
Is passenger rail on track to return to Montana?
One of Montana's passenger rail systems has been out of commission for decades, but some residents want to restore it across the southern part of the state. A listener wants to know what's been happening with those efforts. Is more train travel in Montana's future? Learn more in this episode of the Big Why.
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Arts & Life
Do your best, be kind, get the job done: A conversation with the late Dr. Sheila Stearns
In light of a cancer diagnosis in 2020, the late Dr. Sheila Stearns and William Marcus sit down to chat about Stearns’s family and about her careers as a school teacher and the Commissioner of Higher Education in Montana.
Arts & Life
“You don’t have to be perfect to serve the future”: Lisa Wells on ‘Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World’
Lauren Korn
Arts & Life
“Home is a place that you have to define for yourself”: Vanessa A. Bee’s debut memoir, ‘Home Bound’
Lauren Korn
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Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally in Waco, Texas, on March 25.
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AP
Trump indicted in case of alleged mishandling of government secrets
Carrie Johnson
The former president has been indicted on seven counts, including willful retention of information related to national defense and at least one false statements charge, a source tells NPR.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, center, helps raise a Pride flag outside of the Department of Energy as the Biden administration celebrates Pride Month.
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Book bans are on the rise. Biden is naming a point person to address that
Franco Ordoñez
Early morning hikers rest before walking down Piestewa Peak, a city park in Phoenix, Ariz. El Niño drives even hotter, drier weather in the Southwest United States, on top of growing heat risk from human-caused climate change.
Ryan Kellman
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NPR
El Niño has officially begun. Here's what that means for the U.S.
Rebecca Hersher
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